He had it all and lost it all. The story of God’s people in the kingdom of Israel is a series of ups and downs. Even the greatest kings have dark chapters. When we fail, we are sometimes tempted to quit and give up in our pursuit of hope. Beyond human performance, God’s promises lift our eyes to see beyond the horizon of our capacity to what only God can do. The God of the Bible is a God who succeeds where our efforts fail.
Cada nombre en la historia de la genealogía de Cristo de Abraham a David muestra los obstáculos que la esperanza debe enfrentar al esperar que todas las probabilidades humanas tengan éxito. Ya sea infertilidad o un niño rebelde, inmoralidad o ser extranjeros en una tierra extranjera, la marginación u oscuridad esperando ser encontradas, la esperanza del pueblo de Dios para ser visto, escuchado y conocido para que Dios nos llame a convertirnos en lo que podamos no volverse solo.
Every name in the story of Christ’s genealogy from Abraham to David shows the obstacles that hope must face when hoping against all human odds to succeed. Whether it is infertility or a rebellious child, immorality or being foreigners in a foreign land, marginalization or obscurity waiting to be found, the hope of God’s people to be seen, heard, and known finds fulfillment as God calls us to become what we could not become on our own.
Esperar es difícil cuando estamos bajo presión o necesitados. La esperanza es el resultado de esperar pacientemente a Dios para cumplir sus promesas. Cientos de años antes de la venida de Cristo, Isaías profetizó el día en que todas nuestras esperanzas se cumplirían en la venida de Dios mismo. Más allá de toda duda, el pueblo de Dios podría declarar "He aquí que este es nuestro Dios, le hemos esperado para que él podría salvarnos" Isaías 25: 9. Cristo es de hecho el cumplimiento de esta profecía porque él es Emanuel, Dios con nosotros.
Waiting is hard when we are under pressure or in need. Hope is the result of patiently waiting on God to fulfill his promises. Hundreds of years before the coming of Christ, Isaiah prophesied of the day when our every hope would be fulfilled in the coming of God himself. Beyond all doubt God’s people would be able to declare “Behold this is our God, we have waited for him that he might save us” Isaiah 25:9. Christ is indeed the fulfillment of this prophecy for he is Emanuel, God with us.
Waiting is hard when we are under pressure or in need. Hope is the result of patiently waiting on God to fulfill his promises. Hundreds of years before the coming of Christ, Isaiah prophesied of the day when our every hope would be fulfilled in the coming of God himself. Beyond all doubt God’s people would be able to declare “Behold this is our God, we have waited for him that he might save us” Isaiah 25:9. Christ is indeed the fulfillment of this prophecy for he is Emanuel, God with us.
Los discípulos se convierten en hacedores de discípulos motivados no por lo que les falta, sino por lo que, en Cristo, ya han recibido. Estamos en un proceso para convertirnos en creadores de discípulos. Para DFBC, esta temporada es una oportunidad para unirse en el amor para mostrar su gloria a un mundo incrédulo.
Disciples grow into disciple-makers motivated not by what they lack but by what, in Christ, they have already received. We are in the process of becoming disciple-makers. For DFBC, this season is an opportunity to unite in love to display his glory to an unbelieving world.
